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I thought I'd start a discussion where we can check in with members and use this space to keep in contact. It's a space to be able to say how you really feel and it's a space for the good, the bad and the ugly moments in our lives.
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Faith-and-HopeSenior Contributor
Yeah .... and tears.
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Sans911Senior Contributor
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Faith-and-HopeSenior Contributor
I know that feeling @Sans911 ..... I think most of us here do.
Moving the furniture around, especially if it stuck on the carpet and wouldn’t move, used to frustrate me so much that it often burst that dam and got the tears going .....
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Zoe7Senior Contributor
Yep definitely know that feeling @Sans911 - feels like the world is closing in on us but if we could cry then it would release some of that pressure. Hearing you Hon 
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Sans911Senior Contributor
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Faith-and-HopeSenior Contributor
I have been known to scrub the stovetop until that dam-burst point @Sans911 ..... or the bathtub ..... where I would slip around and land on my butt ....
One night I tore a stack in magazines to confetti ..... then remembered that I had wanted to do the crosswords in them. That got me crying.
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oceangirlSenior Contributor
@Faith-and-Hope 
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Sans911Senior Contributor
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Zoe7Senior Contributor
Is it a safe amount @Sans911 ?
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Faith-and-HopeSenior Contributor
I dropped a plate mil gave off the front porch we had at the time. It broke.
When she asked me where it was, I said, “I dropped it and it broke.”
I didnt lie.
I didn’t use the words “accidentally” or “sorry”, cos neither applied.
That felt good to do, and strangely, started the tears .....
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